Course of macular edema in uveitis under medical treatment

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-79

  Markomichelakis, Nikos N ^a,d   Halkiadakis, Ioannis ^a,b   Pantelia, Eugenia ^b   Georgalas, Elias ^b   Chrysanthi, Koutsandrea ^b   Theodossiadis, Panagiotis ^b   Moschos, Michalis ^b   Theodossiadis, George ^b   Kouvatseas, George ^c  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Immunosuppresives; Macular edema; OCT; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS;

EID: 34250159796     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701244509     Document Type: Article

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